Category: Hate Speech

Well I see that Oak Park, Il is back in the news again for racism! Does not matter the form or the circumstances it is all the same shit that is bubbling up from the underneath that is Oak Park, IL. A once proud village that stated “hate has no home here..” but the fact that it states this, pushes the village even further into the media spotlight. We have to hear about how these so called bastard kids were taking photos of themselves playing the “Ok punching game” as if, we all know better.

It seemed like the lies parents tell themselves in order to reaffirm that they are not failures as parents and their kids are not racist assholes. As if kids and younger generations are not privy to the knowledge that exists already to adults, as If there isn’t a thing called google or the internet. It is the parents who are not enforcing the morals and judgments of the ideals of the village or the country professes the ones they were supposedly brought up upon or championed themselves. Yeah we heard that the yearbooks of the students at the Oak Park River Forest high school will be replaced without these pictures. But does that fix the problem?

What happened to the editor staff who should have reviewed these pictures before the books went to print were they disciplined? Whether it was stupidity, ignorance or laziness in the real world they should not be let off the hook, however the village just absorb the cost of this mistake. But why should we? These kids should be without the yearbooks as an example for the future, that such idiotic shit is not allowed. Or so that the other schoolkids can beat the shit out these idiots who put the yearbooks in jeopardy, well, that is how accordingly to my west side ass it should be done. However we are simply making it okay to be racist by just sweeping this incident under the rug and reprinting the yearbooks.

This game evolved to a symbol of racism and by now that is known by everyone who exhibits it at this point of time. And because of some stupid kids and their parents who live in denial the taxpayers of Oak Park, IL are on the hook for reprinting these yearbooks, because where do you think the budget for this school comes from anyway? Not only are we hit with the cost of reprints but now a hint of racism stains the reputation of each resident of Oak Park, IL whether they are a permanent or temporary resident. Only not due to the overt actions of their daily lives, which we are all capable of, no, it is because of the actions of some stupid kids who are now getting away with their racist actions, scott free.

Welcome to Oak park, Il where even the Local high school is involved in racial suppression when it comes to freedom of speech. Organized as a day of remembrance for Trayvon Martin’s death on February 26th students marched as they wanted to exercise their first amendment rights. We have seen these countless times across the country recently with other protests. Whether it was about school shootings or to remember victims of injustice and of course you will get people outside the organizing body to support these actions in one way or the other.

In Oak Park, IL some faculty members actually supported the students in their efforts to protest and were placed on suspension. Now, Oak Park and River Forest High School can state that it is their prerogative to suspend these employees assisting in organizing the march although the School could have used this as a teaching moment to all sides of this issue as a way of peacefully voicing opposing viewpoints or just exercise (again) one’s First amendment rights. However, OPRF went to the extreme and went totally fascist on the assisting employees and suspended them. Now you may think that was the right thing to do however it was not.

All it did was add increased racial tension and divide into the school’s culture, great job school administration! Plus, it gave the Oak Park, IL community and now, River Forest, IL a worse black eye (no pun intended) as a community of racial intolerance ready to stomp out dissenting voices if you work for a system that is espousing views of tolerance however acting with a degree of bigotry. It also increased the school’s time in the local news, not due to the excellence of its academics but for racist graffiti, shit like this, etc. tearing down what possibly most residents move in the village for when they have kids: a reputable school (institution) for their kids to graduation from.

But, they are left with this mess of oppressing dogma, the students in solidarity of those staff that assisted them arranged a sit down to not only exercise their first amendment rights but to shine a light on this injustice as well. If OPRF is fine with silencing these employees who else or what else might this institution be willing to silence to keep things in order or “safe”. No, this is merely something that came to the light because students have had enough for how they are treated in Oak Park, IL. Looked down with suspicion, tinged with racist overtones, the students obviously had enough and most likely so did these employees.

The only reason one can possibly fathom that these employees would jeopardize their jobs is if they were subject to the same type or behavior from the residents of Oak Park, IL as these students. It is easier to support something that you can believe in if you have been impacted by it directly as well, something that was lost in this entire episode. Most possibly by the OPRF high school as well, considering how they operate, “teaching the minds of tomorrow” no wonder why Oak Park, IL is headed on a downward spiral. If these are the actions exhibited in comparison to the values (supposedly) championed by this community, if there is no grasp on reality of how things really are, there is hope, no future here, and then hate does have a home… here in Oak Park, IL

This is the article talking about the school putting employees administrative leave and the sit in that followed:

I was reading this candidate’s bio for the April 2nd election for Oak Park, IL and one of the main things that hit me was the fact she believed that racism was a main problem in the village of Oak Park, IL. Besides losing shared values and Economic classism these are three things that Oak Park, IL has shied away from facing. And to the point this candidate understands the overall decisions and attitude that Oak Park, IL has and has made impacts the village and the communities around them.

The truth is seeping out on how the established residents here, in their “open-mindedness” are really not as such. To see that others are speaking out about racism here in Oak Park, iL and running on eliminating it or fighting against it at least is refreshing. It is a shame that it would be someone that most residents would consider an outsider that is leading the fight to save Oak Park, IL from itself, save its values and how the rest of the area perceives it. In the end it is not words, or little signs in the front lawn that make an impact it is actually actions that do.

To have a candidate run upon changed the narrative on how Oak Park, IL defines itself speaks volumes. That Oak Park, IL may have a chance is reversing the downward spiral that it really is in. What Oak Park, IL does not want to become is a place or area that most of the area knows as a “place that you are not welcomed” if you are of color or anything else. What Oak Park, IL wants to become is a welcoming village that has values, affordable housing, affordable taxes, great parking, easy traffic and sensible government. Maybe this candidate can help start the conversation into that direction.

So, there is no hate in Oak Park? Hahaha I have said it before and I will say it again. Oak park, IL is full of hypocritical bullshit. Thanks to the 14-year-old racist that proved me right. Nothing of consequence will happen to this kid, and the village idiots will march about it. Of course, nothing will get done as always. Instead of doing the same old thing in Oak Park, IL the kid such be treated like an adult and smacked with a hate crime charge. That way it discourages future idiots from repeating similar stupidity.

But of course, this will be just swept under the rug and forgotten. So as long as the “hate has no home here” signs are up on Oak Park, Il lawns across the suburb and the burb’s residents look cool and trendy while real shit goes down. I mean if you waste all that money on creating these “hate has no home here” signs have the balls to follow through and drop the hammer when shit like this happens.

Several incidents should not be the requirement for something to be done, if you follow the mantra of the signs there must be zero tolerance. Unfortunately, that is, nor will be the case here this will be chalked up to “youthful indiscretion” or “kids being kids”. When in reality this is how idiots become emboldened. If they get away with it once they are likely to repeat their stupidity, and moreover once their peers see them get away with it, they too, are more likely to try their hands at stupid too.

Kind of funny, or ironic that a day after the Chicago Gay Pride Parade and a few after the End of Ramadan (Eid-al-Fitr) that the lobby of the Oak Park-River Forest High School has Swastika drawn in it. This type of graffiti defacement is nothing new nowadays in fact, it has become more commonplace recently, almost like people have the green light to be hateful.

The thing is will there be actual consequences for this type of behavior? Probably not. This lobby most likely has security cameras and the offender is (again) most likely recorded doing the deed. If it was not recorded or there are no cameras (I do not know firsthand, because I do not prowl around high schools), then someone probably saw something or the young idiot bragged to their friends about it. Either way, there are multiple ways to be caught for this offense and the offender should be expelled, and publicly shamed as a consequence so others do not idiotically follow in their footsteps.

However, as “liberal” as Oak Park, Il says it is they will definitely, just “talk” to this person after discovering who they are, without giving them a REAL education that such shit is not acceptable in the real world. That such actions once publicized can ruin employment opportunities and education ones, like those kids who had their acceptance letter revoked by Harvard. But Oak Park, Il is okay with fighting against and railing against injustice elsewhere so long as it is not in their own community.

Keeping the façade of the “welcoming” village on paper through 1-year leases to minorities and their “go green stances” but underneath they will cover for the little racists in their community. Cover them with excuses like “they are good kids really” “they have a lot of “______ (insert minority in the blank)” friends” or that it would be detrimental in some way to be too severe with the punishment because it would be a “blight” upon the community. In the end, Oak Park, IL will do what it always does talk the talk but will not walk the walk.

Here is the article from the Patch which discusses more about the Graffiti: